4. Hockey

Think of football on skates. Take a bunch of big (preferably Canadian) guys with a lot of muscle, slap on some protective equipment and skates, then let them loose on the ice. Throw in a cup called Stanley and a little black puck, give them sticks and get the hell out of the way. Hockey is brutal; you can't help but respect the true grit of hockey players. These guys get cut, lose teeth and dive in front of a puck coming at them at 90 mph with little or no regard for the physical harm that lies ahead, so long as the team wins. Hockey players are all real men because phonies are not allowed on the ice.

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